Economic Empowerment of Women in the Islamic World: Theory and Practice

Foreword • Rodney Wilson
Preface
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Acknowledgments
Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
1 Empowerment of Women in Islam: An Introduction • Toseef Azid and Jennifer Ward-Batts
Part A: Theoretical Issues
	2. Economic Empowerment of Women in Islam • Abdul Azim Islahi
	3. Women Empowerment and Leadership in Islam between Myth and Reality• Noor Mohammad Osmani, Mohammad Omar Farooq and Abu Umar Faruq Ahmad
	4. The Prophetic Vision of Women Empowerment: Evidence from Prophet Muhammad’s (pbuh) Family • Mohammad Abdullah
	5. The Role of Women in Business and the Life of Khadija • Irum Saba and Khadija Bari
	6. Women in the Workplace: Shari’ah and Contemporary Perspectives • Mohammad Hashim Kamali
	7. Navigating between Patriarchal Fundamentalism and Islamic Feminism: A Critical Islamic Appraisal • Nabil Yasien Mohamed
	8. Women’s Rights: The Qur’anic Ideals and Contemporary Realities • Elmira Akhmetova
Part B: Development Perspectives
	9. A Relational Well-Being (Maslaha) Index of Gender Development in Socio-Economic Development Sustainability • Masudul Alam Choudhury, Ari Pratiwi, Mohammad Shahadat Hossain and Faezy Adenan
	10. Women Empowerment and Globalization Evidence from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Countries • Muhammad Tariq Majeed
	11. Islamic Paradigm of Women’s Socio-Economic Empowerment: Ideals and Realities • Muhammad Iqbal Anjum
	12. Is Press Freedom an Effective Tool to Empower Women? Empirical Evidence from Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Countries • Muhammad Tariq Majeed
	13. Islamic Nano-Finance for the Very Poor by Women: Hopes for Addressing the Islamic Microfinance Gap • Khairunnisa Musari
Part C: Country Studies
	14. The “Islamic Women’s” Movement: Transition from the Private Domain to the Public Sphere • Ömer Çaha
	15. Women of Aceh: The Struggle for Peace and Justice • Asna Husin
	16. Social Values and the Female Labor Force Participation in Turkey: A Historical Evaluation from Ottoman Empire to the Present • Kadir Yildirim
	17. The Socio-Economic Conditions of Women in Iran • Mohammad Soleimani and Hasan Kiaee
	18. Women’s Involvement in Developing Waqf in Malaysia • Farhana Mohamad Suhaimi and Asmak Ab Rahman
	19. State of Women in Pakistan • Irum Saba and Khadija Bari
	20. Gender Relations in Singapore Malay (Muslims) Dual-Income Households: (Un)changing Views and Practices • Suriani Suratman
	21. Does the Dower Equate to Economic Security for Muslim Women in Malaysia? • Raihanah Azahari, Zalina Zakaria, Asmak Ab Rahman and Hasbi Muh Ali
	22. The Complexity of Measuring Women Empowerment and its Role in Nutritional Status of Bangladeshi Children • Rana Ejaz Ali Khan and Muhammad Ali Raza
	23. Does Parents’ Education Matter in Inter-Generational Transmission of Human Capital? — A Case of Female Population in Saudi Arabia • Toseef Azid and Sara Aldowsari
	24. Women in OIC Countries: State of Participation, Freedom and Supportive Legislation • Salman Ahmed Shaikh
	25. Compulsory Schooling in Turkey, Educational Attainment, and the Gender Gap • Jennifer Ward-Batts and Kaitlin Nowacki
	26. Women Empowerment Through Islamic Microfinance Schemes in Bangladesh • Abul Hassan, Salah Al Shalhoob and Yaser Ahmad Fallatah
Part D: Special Issues
	27. Wife Beating in Islamic Law: Re-Evaluating the Illocutionary Force of the Imperative Verb in Qur’an 4:34 • David Solomon Jalajel
	28. Dimensions of Women Empowerment and Gender Inequality: A Muslim World Perspective • Toseef Azid and Jennifer Ward-Batts
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